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Germantown, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McClellanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29458. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Santee quadrangle.

Germantown within Charleston County

On record in Germantown

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,389 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 84 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning57
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2002Natural18 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2011Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 1998Natural26 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsOLD DODGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Germantown: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North Santee MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Santee QuadrangleZirconium, Iron, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGermantown$2,000A fire fighter reported tree limbs downing power lines in Germantown, South Carolina.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGermantown$1,000Trees down along Rutledge Rd.
July 2004HailGermantown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charleston County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wambaw Corner0.8 miles9
South Santee2.2 miles9
Collins Creek3.3 miles9
Moores Corner6.7 miles11
McClellanville7.4 miles11
Thompson Corner8.7 miles9
Tibwin8.9 miles11
Laurel Hill Plantation11.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231311. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.